More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts
By James Naremore.First published 1998.
Published by University of California Press.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0520254023
ISBN-13: 978-0520254022
Published by University of California Press.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0520254023
ISBN-13: 978-0520254022
Description:
"Film
noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and-white movies from the
1940s and '50s―melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs,
and lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these
pictures, but also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical
than we realize. It treats noir as a term in criticism, as an expression of
artistic modernism, as a symptom of Hollywood censorship and politics, as a
market strategy, as an evolving style, and as an idea that circulates through
all the media. This new and expanded edition of More Than Night contains an
additional chapter on film noir in the twenty-first century.